Biblical place

Where was Paran?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Paran.

First appears in Genesis 21:21 · 5 books · 7 chapters

Overview

Abounding in foliage, or abounding in caverns, (Gen. 21:21), a desert tract forming the north-eastern division of the peninsula of Sinai, lying between the ‘Arabah on the east and the wilderness of Shur on the west. Modern identification: Paran.

Paran is represented in the local geography layer as Paran. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Genesis 21:21 and is mentioned across 5 books, with 8 verse references collected into the glossary index.

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Bethlehem

About 161 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 170 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 170 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 178 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 186 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Paran today

Find the traditionally identified site on a modern map.

Paran is approached here as a present-day map point rather than a speculative route guide. Use the coordinates and outbound map links to place the site inside its wider landscape.

Paran is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Paran

30.303°N · 34.777°E

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